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1 Nature Quiz TMN-COT Meeting March, 2014 by Barbara Burkhardt Hummers

2 Question: Species Quiz # 1 What are the two most common hummingbird species found in Texas? Extra points for SPECIES names. 2

3 Question: Species Quiz # 2 List the continents on which hummingbirds are found. 3

4 Question: Species Quiz # 3 True or False Hummingbirds drink through their beaks like a straw. 4

5 Question: Species Quiz # 4 How does a hummer s nest stretch? 5

6 Question: Species Quiz # 5 What is torpor? 6

7 Question: Species Quiz # 6 What species of hummingbird travels the greatest distance during migration? 7

8 Question: Species Quiz #7 Identify these 4 species of hummingbirds

9 Question: Species Quiz # 8 True or False? Hummingbirds are the second largest family of birds in the Western Hemisphere. 9

10 Question: Species Quiz # 9 True or False? Hummingbirds feed only on nectar. 10

11 Question: Species Quiz # 10 Who is this famous lady? Photo by Kathy Adams Clark 11

12 Answers: Species Quiz # 1 What are the 2 most common hummingbird species in Texas? 1. Ruby Throat (Archilochus colubris) 2. Black-chinned (Archilochus alexandri) Family Name: Trochilidae (Order Apodiformes) Male 12

13 Answers: Species Quiz # 1, continued RT BC It is almost impossible to tell the females apart. 13

14 Answers: Species Quiz # 2 List the continents on which hummingbirds are found. Western Hemisphere North America South America As far north as Alaska and as far south as Chile and Patagonia. 14

15 Answer: Species Quiz # 2, continued Rufous There are 9 species which occur in Chile and Patagonia. Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella White-sided Hillstar Oreotrochilus leucopleurus Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes Juan Fernandez Firecrown Sephanoides fernandensis (E) Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii 15

16 Answer: Species Quiz # 3 Hummingbirds drink through their beaks like a straw. Answer: False 16

17 Answer: Species Quiz # 3, continued Hummingbirds will lap up nectar with their tongues. 17

18 Answer: Species Quiz # 4 How does a hummer s nest stretch? Plant down from thistles, dandelions or cattails Cotton fibers Moss and lichen Small bits of bark or leaves Feathers Fuzz or hairs from leaves Spider silk 18

19 Answer: Species Quiz # 5 What is torpor? Hummingbirds enter torpor to conserve energy. When a hummingbird goes into torpor, their metabolic rate is one-fifteenth (1/15) of normal sleep. Torpor can save up to 60% of a hummingbird's available energy. When in torpor, and hummingbird s heart rate can drop to as few as 50 beats per minute. During torpor, a hummingbird can lower the body temperature to as low as 55 degrees Fahrenheit. When hummingbirds go into torpor, they will appear as if they are dead. It can take up to an hour for a hummingbird to fully recover from torpor. Torpor can be fatal to a weak hummingbird. 19

20 Answer: Species Quiz # 6 What species of hummingbird travels the greatest distance during migration? I ve already shown you the answer: Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 20

21 Answers: Species Quiz #7 Identify these 4 species of hummingbirds. Top Left (1): Broad Tailed Top Right (2): Magnificent Bottom Left (3): Buff-bellied Bottom Right(4): Blue-throated 21

22 Answer: Species Quiz # 8 TRUE - Hummingbirds are the second largest family of birds in the western hemisphere. There are more than 320 species of hummingbirds. Most of the species of hummingbirds are found in South America. The country of Ecuador has the largest number of species of hummingbirds. There are more than fifty (50) species of hummingbirds that breed in Mexico. There are more than fifteen (15) species of hummingbirds that breed in the United States. There are more than three (3) species of hummingbirds that breed in Canada. Texas has the most species of any state: 19 of the 24 verified native U.S. species. 22

23 Answer: Species Quiz # 9 FALSE: Hummingbirds feed primarily on nectar but also eat insects, insect larva and eggs, and spiders NECTAR Contains sugars, amino acids and other compounds. Varies with flower variety Higher in natives Not produced constantly TRAP-LINING GLEANING HAWKING 23

24 Answer: Species Quiz # 10 Who is this famous lady? Photo by Kathy Adams Clark Above her feeder, Sept BIG MAMMA Female Rufous Hummingbird November 2003 Banded by Charlie Brower - January, 2004 Known age - Hatched in 2002 Returned to same yard 8 (2010) winters in a row In March, Age 9 Years, 9 Months Same bird proven by band number Unknown where she goes during breeding season Holds the Texas record as longest lived female Rufous. 24

25 Last Banding, February

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